Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

When the government of the day incentivises, by way of their policies, an illegal and dangerous journey to Australia, people will inevitably exploit this mode of entry. The policies implemented under the former government ensured that those with the financial means to pay a people smuggler were able to fly into Indonesia, destroy their documents, pay someone to get them here and arrive uninvited in Australia. Given that our humanitarian program is a capped program, those arriving illegally by boat displaced the many millions of asylum seekers who are waiting patiently—